Laurens will host its second annual Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony between the first-round varsity boys basketball games of today's Pat Grasso Holiday Tournament.
The ceremony will follow the varsity opener between defending Class D state champion South Kortright and Milford at 6 p.m. today. SK also won the Delaware League and Section Four Class D titles last season.
The second varsity game _ between Hancock and two-time defending Tri-Valley League champion Laurens _ is scheduled to start at 7:30 tonight.
The Leopards will induct 1964 graduate Dean Wikoff, former teacher and coach Tom DeLaurentiis and the 1963-64 boys basketball team.
Wikoff holds Laurens' single-game scoring record in boys basketball at 36 points, according to a release from the school last week. Also a baseball and football player for the Leopards, he will be inducted as part of the 1963-64 boys basketball team as well. That team, which won the school's first Section Four championship under former coach Grasso, also includes Alan Anderson, Tom Berger, William Coulter, George Decker, John Ganio, John Isler, Mitchell McMullen, Gerry Wikoff, Ronald Wikoff and the late James Emerson.
DeLaurentiis, who worked for Laurens from 1973-2007, earned induction as a longtime contributor to the Leopards' athletic programs.
Laurens also is holding a fundraiser raffle featuring memorabilia from the New Orleans Hornets. Laurens graduate Lisa Kollgaard-Bower is the wife of Hornets general manager and coach Jeff Bower, who donated the following items for the raffle: a team-signed basketball, a pair of team sneakers and an autographed pair of David West, NBA All-Star sneakers.
Raffle tickets cost $3 apiece and may be purchased at the school or during the tournament. The drawing will be held during Wednesday's second round. Ticket-holders do not have to be present to win.
Today's first round also features junior varsity games between SK and Milford at 3 p.m. and Laurens and Hancock at 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday's games begin with the JV consolation at 3 p.m., followed by the JV championship at 4:30 p.m., the varsity consolation at 6 p.m. and the varsity championship at 7:30 p.m.
Clement Tournament
Morris will host the Ray Clement boys basketball tournament today and Wednesday.
The tournament begins today with back-to-back JV games as Edmeston meets Hamilton at 1 p.m. and Morris plays Mohawk at 2:30 p.m. The same schools will meet in the varsity openers, at 4 and 5:30 p.m. today, respectively.
Wednesday's schedule starts with the JV consolation at noon, followed by the JV championship at 1:30 p.m., the varsity consolation at 3 p.m. and the varsity championship at 4:30 p.m.
Admission is $3 for adults and $2 for students.
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Other local high school events scheduled for today are as follows:
BOYS BASKETBALL
Dick White Holiday Tournament at Cooperstown: Consolation, Fort Plain vs. Middleburgh, 6 p.m.; Championship, Cooperstown vs. Cobleskill, 8 p.m.
Downsville Tournament: Consolation, Family School vs. Roscoe, 5 p.m.; Championship, Downsville vs. Schenevus, 6:30 p.m.
Hunter-Tannersville Tournament (three teams): Second Round, Mount Everett or Duanesburg vs. Hunter-Tannersville, 6 p.m.
Unadilla Valley Holiday Tournament: Consolation, Unadilla Valley vs. Sherburne-Earlville, 4:30 p.m.; Championship, Oneonta vs. Walton, 8 p.m.
Midstate Athletic Conference: Unatego at Oxford, 6 p.m.
Non-league: Gilbertsville-Mount Upton at Candor, 7 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Kazalski Tournament at Bainbridge-Guilford: Consolation, Whitney Point vs. Unatego, 3:45 p.m.; Championship, Bainbridge-Guilford vs. Marathon, 7:30 p.m.
Middleburgh Holiday Tournament (three teams): First Round, Delhi vs. Middleburgh, 3 p.m.
Pete Hyde Holiday Tournament in Johnson City: Second Round, Oneonta vs. Rush-Henrietta, 1:45 p.m.
Ray Preston Holiday Tournament: First Round, Cooperstown vs. Schenevus, 6 p.m.; Worcester vs. Davenport 7:30 p.m.
Richfield Springs Holiday Tournament: First Round, Camden vs. Edmeston, 3:45 p.m.; Richfield Springs vs. Cherry Valley-Springfield, 7:45 p.m.
Stamford Tournament: Consolation, Stamford vs. Roxbury, 5:30 p.m.; Championship, Milford vs. Laurens, 7:15 p.m.
Unadilla Valley Holiday Tournament: Consolation, Unadilla Valley vs. Sherburne-Earlville, 2:45 p.m.; Championship, Harpursville vs. Cazenovia, 6 p.m.
Non-league: Gilbertsville-Mount Upton at Candor, 5 p.m.
BOWLING
Sidney Christmas Tournament: 10 a.m. at Twentieth Century Lanes
WRESTLING
Windsor Tournament: Second Day, 10 a.m.
